Skip mantle question when launching game

Instead of clicking the blue "Play" button, right click "Beyond Earth" in the library list, then choose "Play game..."
For whatever reason, this option skips the Mantle question and directly launches the game.
Of course, we are talking about a PC game; your experience may vary.

Theoretically, you should be able to just launch the game through the game's executable directly (e.g. using a shortcut).

However, at least in my case this results in the following error message:

The Steam servers are too busy to handle your request for Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth. Error Code (41)

http://support.steampowered.com

You can still give it a try though. If it doesn't work, just stop trying and start the game as usual:

• Go to your game's installation directory. This will typically be <steam library root>\SteamApps\Common\Sid Meier's Civilization Beyond Earth.
• Find the application CivilizationBE_DX11.exe and create a shortcut to it (e.g. by dragging it directly to your task bar).

As an alternative, right click the Steam icon on the task bar and click the game's link under Recent. This should launch the game directly.